Lynnwood, WA's night sky, measured from orbit

Satellite radiance puts Lynnwood in the suburban band. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. That's brighter than 68.6% of the 3,206 US cities in this dataset.

Note the source: a satellite reading of upward light, not a visual Bortle scale reading. The two measure related but different things.

How far Lynnwood is from a meaningfully darker sky

Mountlake Terrace, WA, about 2 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the suburban edge band, one step darker than Lynnwood. Actual driving distance will run longer than that straight-line figure.

Mountlake Terrace, WA is itself still a measured city, not a designated dark-sky park, this only compares against the 3,206 places this dataset covers.

How Lynnwood compares nationally

Lynnwood, WA has a population of about 41,597, one of 3,206 US cities of 10,000 or more residents in this dataset. Lynnwood places 2,188 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.